It’s hard to know what to say to Áine Ní Ghlinn's latest achievement – she has won not one, not two, but three awards for her latest book from Cois Life, Daideo! On Thursday 24 September 2015, at the 39th International Conference of the Literacy Association of Ireland in the Marino Institute of Education, Áine’s book Daideo was announced as winner of the LAI Children’s Book Award, 2015. Máirín Wilson, president of the jury who… Continue reading
With the fourth Annual March for Choice taking place in Dublin this coming Saturday September 26, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne’s latest novel, Aisling nó Iníon A, which begins with the inevitable tragic flight to London, could not be published at a more timely moment. This book, set in middle class Dublin, tells the story of Aisling, a teenager from conservative family, whose very moderate revolt against her mother goes horrifically wrong, and the consequences of that…
ISBN:978-1-907494-53-6 Price: €10 A new collection of stories by Labhrás Ó Finneadha, Ibíotsa, is available now. Stories that seek to reveal a side to the island in a world outside the all-inclusive holiday resorts. This is Labhrás’ first foray into fiction. Cois Life published his first book, a translation of three texts from the 19th century in 2013. The audio-version, read by Labhrás himself, a native speaker from Spidéal, makes for a wonderful accompaniment. It’s available for…
